The 1988–89 McNeese State Cowboys basketball team represented the McNeese State University during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cowboys, led by head coach Steve Welch, played their home games at Burton Coliseum and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season with a record of 16–14, 9–5 in Southland play. They won the 1989 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament as No. 16 seed in the Midwest region. They lost in the first round to No. 1 seed Illinois, 77–71.
| 1988–89 McNeese State Cowboys basketball | |
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Southland tournament champions | |
| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 16–14 (9–5 Southland) |
| Head coach | |
| Home arena | Burton Coliseum |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas State | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NE Louisiana | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State † | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Houston State | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Arlington | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1989 Southland Conference tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roster edit
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Schedule and results edit
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Regular season | |||||||||||
| Nov 26, 1988* |
at No. 7 Iowa | L 56–77 | 0–1 |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | |||||||
| Dec 8, 1988* |
at LSU | L 89–91 | 3–3 |
Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
| Jan 16, 1989* |
Louisiana Tech | L 64–70 | 6–6 |
Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, Louisiana | |||||||
| Feb 25, 1989 |
Texas State | W 67–57 | 13–13 (8–5) |
Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, Louisiana | |||||||
| Mar 2, 1989 |
at Stephen F. Austin | W 87–85 | 14–13 (9–5) |
William R. Johnson Coliseum Nacogdoches, Texas | |||||||
| Southland tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 5, 1989* |
vs. Northeast Louisiana | W 80–65 | 15–13 |
Super Pit Denton, Texas | |||||||
| Mar 6, 1989* |
at North Texas | W 85–68 | 16–13 |
Super Pit Denton, Texas | |||||||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 16, 1989* |
(16 MW) | vs. (1 MW) No. 3 Illinois | L 71–77[1] | 16–14 |
RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
MW=Midwest. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "McNeese State's first appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament was a brief but memorable one". UPI Archives. March 17, 1989. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ "1988-89 McNeese State Cowboys Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
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